Autism Speaks, founded in 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, sometimes seems to have taken over the entire conversation about autism in this country, what with their blue puzzle pieces littered all over the landscape, coming to symbolize, wrongly, autism itself. Yet in spite of their ostensible role as a voice for autism, they’ve got […]
I am not fond of the Autism Speaks video, “I am Autism”. I think I’ve made that clear. I was heartened to hear that Autism Speaks had removed it from their website. That moment wa… Source: I am autism video removed from Autism Speaks’ website…or is it? | Left Brain Right Brain
Disability Community Condemns Autism Speaks October 7, 2009 For Immediate Release Contact: Ari Ne’eman, President Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 The Autistic Self Advocacy Network Phone: 732.763.5530 E-mail: aneeman@autisticadvocacy.org or info@autisticadvocacy.org Over 60 organizations condemn lack of representation, exploitative and unethical practices by autism organization Washington, DC – More than 60 national, international, and local disability rights organizations have […]
After numerous concerned people wrote to Autism Speaks stating their objections to the “I Am Autism” video, the organization’s chief science officer, Geri Dawson, prepared a form reply in which she claims that Autism Speaks understands the criticism and has removed the video from its site in order to be more respectful toward autistics. But […]
Advocacy groups are calling on Autism Speaks’ benefactors to end their support for the organization in response to a video critics say depicts people with autism as less than human. Source: Groups Outraged Over Video Released By Autism Speaks – Disability Scoop
A short film that suggests autism breaks apart families and relationships is causing a spat between people with autism and a charity Source: ‘Poetic’ autism film divides campaigners | New Scientist
Nov. 06, 2009 Few medical conditions rival autism as a magnet for controversy. Practically everything about the disorder — its cause, its treatment, the way it is diagnosed, how it is studied — is subject to bitter dispute, sometimes to the point of death threats. The most impassioned disagreements are propelled by desperate parents of autistic […]
